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Trump trade wars, paid for by American companies and consumers, are hurting the US economy and adding to households’ affordability issues even as his war on Iran has sent oil prices – and US petrol prices – surging.

Trump rushes to save his war on the world

While America was waging war in Iran, the US president began preparing for a renewed assault on America’s trading partners.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz

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US President Donald Trump has threatened higher tariffs on any country that “played games” with his new tariff regime.

Trump’s new tariffs will look nothing like the old ones

The tariffs that replace those deemed illegal by the US Supreme Court will require a much more complex and time-consuming process than Trump’s initial “beautiful” tariffs.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
Trump has wielded the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) as a multipurpose weapon, using it and the tariffs he imposed to, not just force countries into extremely one-sided trade deals, but as geopolitical leverage.

Mad king: Trump just lost his superpower

The US president had access to royal-like powers and he wielded them recklessly. The Supreme Court just took them away.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz
Donald Trump speaks to reporters after the US Supreme Court rejected his tariffs. Supreme Court judges will be attending the address.

Trump goes to war over this State of the Union

Donald Trump will claim – to an audience of more than 30 million people – that the country is the strongest it’s ever been. But that’s not the real story.

  • Bruce Wolpe
Donald Trump speaks to reporters after the Supreme Court struck down the bulk of his sweeping global tariffs, delivering a major blow against his signature economic policy.

Trump’s in a presidential pickle as the Supreme Court finds a spine

Judges have finally stood to up the “emperor of chaos”. Is this a turning point in the US president’s rule?

  • Maureen Dowd
US President Donald Trump during a news conference in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Friday, Feb. 20, 2026. Trump delivered a broadside against Supreme Court justices after they struck down the bulk of his sweeping global tariffs, delivering a major blow against his signature economic policy. Photographer: Annabelle Gordon/Bloomberg

Court gives Trump a harsh lesson in the limits of his power

An irritated president, whose global tariffs were struck down, clearly felt betrayed by the Supreme Court justices he appointed. But the ruling shows the system still works as intended.

  • Michael Koziol
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Donald Trump doesn’t have too many reasons to dance after the Supreme Court ruling on tariffs.

Why Trump’s tariff defeat has sparked fears of an interest rate spike

While the wildlife of Heard and McDonald islands are likely to be spared another round of trade talks, the confusion of coming months will weigh on the economy.

  • Shane Wright
US President Donald Trump announcing tariffs in the Rose Garden at the White House in April last year.

Trump orders 10 per cent global tariff after Supreme Court finds previous ones were illegal

US President Donald Trump has suffered the biggest blow to his authority to date, with the court slamming the door on his signature economic initiative.

  • Michael Koziol
This image combines Jeffrey Epstein in a photo from the New York State Sex Offender Registry in 2017 and an image of stenographer notes from unsealed grand jury testimony about Epstein in 2006.

More Epstein files are set to be released. Here’s what we know so far

A tranche of documents about Jeffrey Epstein will be unsealed this week. What are they, and what might they reveal?

  • Angus Holland
US President Donald Trump and US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.

Trump’s deception exposed as US giants sue

US companies are queuing up to sue the Trump administration as they shoot down one of Donald Trump’s key declarations about his trade war.

  • Stephen Bartholomeusz